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Nine Jews
NEW-YORK (JTA) — The-
I trial in Kishinev of nine J^ws
"(linked by the Russian au'-'
;a°thorities,to the alleged June,
( 1970, skyjacking attempt will
?, begin June'21, reliable Jew-"
! ishj»* sources disclosed here
I today. The.,trial.was supposed .
to have started May 26, but
twas postponed without explanation. ;.The Jewish" sources also reported that the nine
Jews convicted-in the second
laehingrad.'trial last, month
appealed their sentences May ,
27, with" their attorneys mov-''
ing- to quash the' treason
charges against them! ■". "
' Meanwhile, 35 - year - old
Russian Jewish librarian
Roiza Palatnik, who was arrested for anti-Soviet activities last December and sub-.
{; montnrme-sources said.
y "The Jewish, informants also
reported that 'eight Kiev
Jews tried to submit an anti-
trial article 'to ' the Soviet
newspapers Pravda and Iz-
' vestia.' They.'were identified
as Israel_,Kleiner, Edvard
Davidovich. . .-\natoly Feld-
man. Israel,Slobodsky, Boris
Krasniy,'j| Igor Rais* Mark
' BarboL'anda person with the'
surname17; Oretsky. Kleiner
"was said to have been told by
the KGBJ(secret police) that'
his act" had cost him his recently approved exit visa. It
was also reported, the Sverdlovsk /authorities ended on
May 23'their interrogation of_
ValeriiKukui, a Jew accused!
of antUSoviet, slander. Jewish sources''say he and' his
frlends.Vpublicized anti-trial
petitions, v. *$.' *
In ' a telephone conversation with Margarita Shpilberg in" Riga, wife of Arkady
Shpilberg who was sentenced
last Thursday by a Riga court
to three years in prison,'' It
was confirmed -that Ruth Al-
eksandrovich is in extremely
poor health suffering from
asthma- and a kidney - ailment. The call, conducted by
JJev Yaroslavsky, chairman
of the California Students for
Soviet Jewry, lasted more
than 10 minutes. Mrs. Shpil-
See KISHINEV
(Continued on Page-9)
Kishinev
(Continued from Front Page)
berg confirmed reports that
the time spent by Miss Alek-
sandrovich in J prison since
last Oct. would be deducted
from the one year sentence
handed down by the same
court last week. ,
'The two other Jewish defendants sentenced I were
Mikhail Shepshelovich for
two years, and Boris Maftsier
for one year. The seven
months Maftsier spent In
prison .prior to his trial is
also expected to be deducted
from his sentence. During her
telephone conversation, Mrs.
Shpilberg said, "We want to-'
go to Israel. All the defend-^
ants were innocent and now-
one. of them suffers- from .
poor health." When asked, if
she had anything to tell the
world she replied, "Let us go
home.".'.. . ". I ,..'•
Minutes are that call, radio
station KABC, an American
Broadcasting-Company-California affiliate, placed a telephone ..call to Prof. Michael
Zand, in Moscow. The call
placed', by newscaster Ray
Briemand also organized'by
the student group was cut
short after Moscow operators
apparently felt that the call
had become, too - political.
Briem had • asked Dr. Zand
two innocuous questions;and'
.received an exit visa in re-
.thcn asked whether.he had
cent'days. At,that point the
'ABC'broadcaster could no
longer hear-Dr.n Zand.' -The
operator in Moscow stated,
"Zand,could not hear California'. He 'refused to speak
oh such'a-poor line. And he
left'the house for a walk."
■.Before the call was put on
the air, Yaroslavsky asked'
Dr." Zand how his health was.
Dr. Zand replied: "Not bad,
butnot so good either." Yaroslavsky called the disconnection intentional, ridiculous and fraudulent.
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Nine Jews
NEW-YORK (JTA) — The-
I trial in Kishinev of nine J^ws
"(linked by the Russian au'-'
;a°thorities,to the alleged June,
( 1970, skyjacking attempt will
?, begin June'21, reliable Jew-"
! ishj»* sources disclosed here
I today. The.,trial.was supposed .
to have started May 26, but
twas postponed without explanation. ;.The Jewish" sources also reported that the nine
Jews convicted-in the second
laehingrad.'trial last, month
appealed their sentences May ,
27, with" their attorneys mov-''
ing- to quash the' treason
charges against them! ■". "
' Meanwhile, 35 - year - old
Russian Jewish librarian
Roiza Palatnik, who was arrested for anti-Soviet activities last December and sub-.
{; montnrme-sources said.
y "The Jewish, informants also
reported that 'eight Kiev
Jews tried to submit an anti-
trial article 'to ' the Soviet
newspapers Pravda and Iz-
' vestia.' They.'were identified
as Israel_,Kleiner, Edvard
Davidovich. . .-\natoly Feld-
man. Israel,Slobodsky, Boris
Krasniy,'j| Igor Rais* Mark
' BarboL'anda person with the'
surname17; Oretsky. Kleiner
"was said to have been told by
the KGBJ(secret police) that'
his act" had cost him his recently approved exit visa. It
was also reported, the Sverdlovsk /authorities ended on
May 23'their interrogation of_
ValeriiKukui, a Jew accused!
of antUSoviet, slander. Jewish sources''say he and' his
frlends.Vpublicized anti-trial
petitions, v. *$.' *
In ' a telephone conversation with Margarita Shpilberg in" Riga, wife of Arkady
Shpilberg who was sentenced
last Thursday by a Riga court
to three years in prison,'' It
was confirmed -that Ruth Al-
eksandrovich is in extremely
poor health suffering from
asthma- and a kidney - ailment. The call, conducted by
JJev Yaroslavsky, chairman
of the California Students for
Soviet Jewry, lasted more
than 10 minutes. Mrs. Shpil-
See KISHINEV
(Continued on Page-9)
Kishinev
(Continued from Front Page)
berg confirmed reports that
the time spent by Miss Alek-
sandrovich in J prison since
last Oct. would be deducted
from the one year sentence
handed down by the same
court last week. ,
'The two other Jewish defendants sentenced I were
Mikhail Shepshelovich for
two years, and Boris Maftsier
for one year. The seven
months Maftsier spent In
prison .prior to his trial is
also expected to be deducted
from his sentence. During her
telephone conversation, Mrs.
Shpilberg said, "We want to-'
go to Israel. All the defend-^
ants were innocent and now-
one. of them suffers- from .
poor health." When asked, if
she had anything to tell the
world she replied, "Let us go
home.".'.. . ". I ,..'•
Minutes are that call, radio
station KABC, an American
Broadcasting-Company-California affiliate, placed a telephone ..call to Prof. Michael
Zand, in Moscow. The call
placed', by newscaster Ray
Briemand also organized'by
the student group was cut
short after Moscow operators
apparently felt that the call
had become, too - political.
Briem had • asked Dr. Zand
two innocuous questions;and'
.received an exit visa in re-
.thcn asked whether.he had
cent'days. At,that point the
'ABC'broadcaster could no
longer hear-Dr.n Zand.' -The
operator in Moscow stated,
"Zand,could not hear California'. He 'refused to speak
oh such'a-poor line. And he
left'the house for a walk."
■.Before the call was put on
the air, Yaroslavsky asked'
Dr." Zand how his health was.
Dr. Zand replied: "Not bad,
butnot so good either." Yaroslavsky called the disconnection intentional, ridiculous and fraudulent.
tfy
i